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Written by: Rod Boyle

Category: Found

Published: 10 May 2019

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The daughters idea, and so we head out to Drumheller, a better trip than the last.

The weather warm, we walk a half hour back into the canyons before beginning to explore. A few small pieces of bone, nothing to get excited about, then - after a couple of hours - the daughter turns up this:

Look above her forefinger, it looks like just another piece of bone - until - "look closer" she tells me...

Serrated, an inch long raptor tooth. One of the best finds yet, I've found bits of raptor teeth, but none as large or complete as this...

She finds a few other teeth fragments, most small, under a centimeter - my eyes are done, looking at the ground trying to spot teeth fragments is a bit detail oriented for me, I need to up my eyeglass prescription...

My own find of the day? Well, nothing comparatively but a small - meaning a centimeter or so in diameter - vertebrae:

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Written by: Rod Boyle

Category: Found

Published: 12 March 2019

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The $150,000 she made is going to be nothing compared to the millions she makes running the "Psychic Friends Network". 

Link: https://apnews.com/cd9f45080bcb40d9bd45d311b90eba7e

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Written by: Rod Boyle

Category: Found

Published: 19 February 2019

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Vitrified sand created by lightening strikes, in antiquity they were known as "Thunderbolts" - proof of the missiles sent from heaven. Some display rather curious shapes and compositions:

Link: Wikipedia on Fulgurites

A general image search: Images of Fulgurites

Fulgurites on Beaches: Images of Fulgurites on Beaches

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Written by: Rod Boyle

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Published: 26 January 2019

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Insects in Amber are, while interesting, rather commonplace. This isn't. Someone is going to get rich...

Insect in Opal: https://entomologytoday.org/2019/01/18/fossilized-insect-discovered-amber-opal/

And, bonus, almost entirely unrelated: http://digg.com/video/opal-reveal